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[BAD QUALITY VERSION] -- Soldiers from the Indian Legion being inspected by Luftwaffe officers, Bordeaux, France, February 1944. The Free India Legion, officially the Infantry Regiment 950 (Indian), and later the Indian Volunteer Legion of the Waffen-SS intended to serve as a liberation force for British-ruled India, it was made up of Indian prisoners of war and expatriates in Europe. Initially raised as part of the Heer, it was part of the Waffen-SS from August 1944. A maximum of 2,600 Indians joined or were drafted into the legion. The Indians fought on France, Italy, and In January 1942, 100 men from the unit were parachuted into Persia and infiltrated India to commit sabotage.

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